Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 122 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2865 m
I was walking the ridge line towards S Monitor and I was pretty sure nothing was going to happen because I was there Tuesday and the ridge was wind scoured and firm with only a little bit of old faceted snow in a few spots. Well I must have stepped on one of those spots, got a large collapse and saw a powder cloud. I remotely triggered it from at least 70ft away on the flats. When I went to investigate it I realized that a shooting crack traveled at least 300ft from the initial avalanche, across flater terrain and triggered another avalanche in the main bowl mid-slope, that slide had way too much hangfire for my liking and I stayed away from it. Both slides ran on depth hoar/ facets at the ground interface and dirt and grass was noted in both bed surfaces. Breaking trail up USA Bowl I was getting collapses constantly and figured thinks were nearing the breaking point.